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A Financial Times Best Economics Book of the YearA Foreign Affairs Best Book of the YearA Fareed Zakaria GPS Book of the Week A highly intelligent fact based defense of the virtues of an open competitive economy and society Fareed Zakaria A vitally important corrective to the current populist moment Open points the way to a kinder gentler version of globalization that ensures that the gains are shared by all Justin Wolfers Clausing s important book lays out the economics of globalization and more important shows how globalization can be made to work for the vast majority of Americans I hope the next President of the United States takes its lessons on board Lawrence H Summers former Secretary of the Treasury Makes a strong case in favor of foreign trade in goods and services the cross border movement of capital and immigration This valuable book amounts to a primer on globalization Richard N Cooper Foreign AffairsCritics on the Left have long attacked open markets and free trade agreements for exploiting the poor and undermining labor while those on the Right complain that they unjustly penalize workers back home Kimberly Clausing takes on old and new skeptics in her compelling case that open economies are actually a force for good Turning to the